Oh boy!  What a night!!  I’m woken up at like…. 2am-ish last night to Rocket barking in the back yard.  Which is weird, because he sleeps with a static-collar on so he doesn’t bark in the middle of the night.  (it’s not the shock kind, don’t worry)  So anyways, I figure if he’s barking it’s something serious.  So I grab the flashlight and go out back.  I can’t see him anywhere but I hear him.  Finally I see the bush shaking in the corner so I flash the light over there and kept saying “Rocket, get in the house”!  Usually when I say it like that, he comes.   This time he didn’t.   So I went a little closer out there (mind you I’m NUDE and it’s pitch black outside) and I see he has a rat or something that he’s poking at with his paw and nose.   I was like.. oh fuck!  I immediately ran and closed the house door and the doggy door so he couldn’t bring this creature in the house.  Ewww! 

Then I got a better look and saw it was a baby opossum!!  Poor guy!!  I felt bad for the baby, and Rocket is capible of shredding anything!!  He was in hunter mode.   I was grossed out and felt bad for the baby, so I kept trying to coax Rocket in.   He took off running by me with the possom in his mouth and tried to go inside!  Thank god I closed the doors!!  He dropped the baby on the doorstep and ran off.  Finally I got him and carried him inside, and shined the light on the baby opossum as I walked inside.  The poor thing was laying on its side barely breathing, all wet and even a bloody spot on it.  It didn’t look good for the lil’ guy.   I just left him there, hoping he’d be okay and not wanting to disturb him or the situation.

I kept the doggy door locked so none of the other dogs could go out and mess with it throughout the night, and I figured Jeremy could “dispose” of the baby in the AM.  I just didn’t have the guts to do it.  I felt too bad for it.

Make a long story short, I woke up and he was gone!!   I hope the mamma came and got him.   Rocket searched the whole yard looking for his prey (so gross) and luckily couldn’t find him.   There’s no stray cats or anything around, so I can only hope that it ran away or the mom came and saved him.

Either way, It was strange and gross!! hahaha!

Jeremy is back from a 2 week work trip, and we’ve just been laying around this morning relaxing.  I hope you all are having a great weekend! xoxo, Sandee